Telegram-herald., 1887-12-18

Dec. : inst. be dsscrhes some Of ths
Statesmen xh0 shine s11lssnllF - afsr-
dInner speak -rs. and ths : ~hAd hs ssys
-Andrs9 Johnsoo once sad. xith a
graat. of Gea~fsl Graat. saoal ne dt1 not
IKE.
Yea. he can be kabby snoakh
~hsn be waats 10 6snsfsI Grant
bxsd 70 be 'zabby' shsa he sas
sish BIS close frisncs, but De you'd not
tell vulgar stores. nor would be listen -
them. Col. John Bso~nlos. The son OF
PsEson BFosnl0~, says he sss surprised TO
nnd tns genera 0Bs OF the best takers he
ever meL he would seldom tax = hen
| there we're men IN the party whom hs had
| not implicit confidence. II man sn0m
be suspscse.i entered nts tent be would sant
| nis nsoath like Q clam. The oIient MAJ
| developed st the close of bis presidency into
. good sftef-dinner speaker.
| Senator Ingalls, . q pleasant converse
I tionslist, and be deals laFssly IN the nre-
works 0f the English language. lis eon-
vsfs2Ei0n fairly Dristles with intellectual
1 rockets, ADD you are surprised a. his won
| derful intellectusl vitality. he utters q
/ new idea with every word and hs has :
reason for every idea- HE Is well up on
| literature and science and be can talk as
| Interestingly about the geological strata as
about the early English noyelists. He
| quotes poetry 0ecssionaily and he tells =
story well he Is very proud OF beng a
| Nes England man and. though he hates
caat aud has all the licers l~ass sssiness OF
l toe West had ne been raised ID 'rte days OF
| Miles slandish he would probably
| have been . Puritan OF the P0n-
tans. He went 10 Kansas az al early
date, and among his good stories are ser
sonal experiences which be had when John
/ Brown was ia Kansas and jim Lnne burned
| powder IN uphclding bis peculiar piinci-
| Piles. Az this time Ingalls, vas a rank
/ Abolltionist and he: had several narrow
escapes from hanging
Senator Palmer Is another coed talksr.
| He is fun OF an easy. good-naLured philoso-
l ply Of bis own and he has trodden ali the
| paths OF ancient and modern literature.
i lie likes . good story and be can tell one.
/ His experience has been such that be has
| plenty OF "reminiscences, He can sing a
good song too. and he will vie
| with any backwoo Methodist in
4 the rendering of John Wesley's hymns.
lie believes in getting what good he can out
| OF this life while you are In 1t, and there Is
| no pleasanter man At o dinner table than
| he he uses good language, too. in his
taking and is fond OF quoting Shakes
| peare. though ne does not affect quotations
/ 10 a great extent in his after dinner talks
he II thoroughly democratic in his views
| of life and men, and he uses the same cour-
tssy TO street car driver that
| be does TO one of his fellow
Senators. At one time, in talking about
his political methods he said 10 me that he
did not believe in man being too greedy
in politics or anything else. Said be: Il
have noticed that II you are generous and
are willing 20 give the other fellows a show
when the grand division is made, though
you may not get the whole hog. you
are pretty sure for . good slice OF the
best part Of the ham. | usually go fol
the under dog in the fight and / make
IL principle not to allow things
to worry me / do not believe in revengS
for small things. and | never resent ar
attack which does not affect my honor o.
my character. l believe. with Marcus Azure
luis, that the man who does a mean thinl
against another receives more damage thar
the man whom be attempts TO injurc. an,
If one would attempt 10 explain sll hi
actions To every man who questions them
he would wear his tongue small against TIT
roof of his mouth and become q talkinl
machine so continuous in its operation tha
IL would be thought TO be perpetual mo
ton"
Tim Tarsney. the genial Congressman
from among the tall. whispering pines o
Saginaw, is on deck With . new supply o
good stories and his own inimitsble laugh
hail fellow well met" everywhere
} Everybody knows Tim" and ne is popu